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Reflections by Michael J. Scholtes, Author / Pastor / Speaker

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  • Autumn, Melancholy, and Suicide

    It’s the middle of autumn. November. A wintry wind has been whirling around my world the last week or so. This wind knocked the power out twice within a week, which was less than pleasant for me. A power outage is a very reliable trigger for me, one that ramps…

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  • One Crazy Email

    One Crazy Email

    I really wanted to post something tonight, and I just couldn’t figure out what to write about. So I dug deep into the crevices of…

  • Snapshots of My Depression #2: The Care Team

    This is one in a series of posts I’m calling “Snapshots of my Depression.” These are memories of times in my life when my mental…

  • On Hogwarts and the Holy Spirit

    This is an adapted form of the sermon I preached this morning, the Day of Pentecost. The reading I preached on was Acts 2:1-21. Today…

  • How Can I Be Saved?

    The first reading from worship last week has been sitting in my head for a while now. I didn’t even preach on it…I preached on…

About Me

I’m Michael, the author of this blog. I search for meaning through walking labyrinths, through exploring my Christian faith and my experience of depression, through preaching, and through writing about it for you.